The Towie star was then snapped smiling as he sat in the back of the cab with Steph and a pal

“No one can reach her, which her friends know is a big sign that she’s not alright about what’s happened.”

They continued: “Since the acrimonious split, she’s been hearing all sorts of stories from people and she just doesn’t know what’s true or false.

“She was already feeling vulnerable having not long returned from visiting her family LA. Within days of being back everything seemed to have kicked off between her and Jonny and she is left floored by it all.

“She doesn’t know what to do now for Christmas as she was all set to meet Jonny’s family and he was supposed to go with her to LA to meet hers.”

WAIN'S WORLD

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Last week Steph, 31, took to Twitter to reveal details of her split from Jonny, admitting she was in ‘absolute shock’ after receiving explosive messages claiming he had cheated on her.

Alongside a series of screenshots of messages from fans, Steph wrote: “I didn’t want to ever indulge more into my cryptic text abt calling the police- but now seeing his secret double life. WOW. My heart is just smashed. So much deceit & abuse. WHY. I’m not a bad person… why why why.”

Jonny has denied cheating on Steph and simply said “that’s life” when quizzed about their split.

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